Developer Heart Machine is ready to deliver Hyper Light Breaker’s first major update tomorrow, April 29, called “Buried Below.” Not only will this bring new content to the game, but players can also expect changes to the gameplay loop as well.
There’s a trailer highlighting the new content players can expect, as well as the shift in run structure that will turn it into more of a roguel-like experience.
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Some of the new content players can expect tomorrow once the update hits include:
When it comes to the changes in the run structure, here’s what players can expect:
The major change here is, players will now only have one life for each run, and when you die, you will lose items in your inventory and the Overgrowth will reset. The developers say this was changed to balance the game to be more of a traditional rogue-like experience.
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The developers say there’s so much more to come for Hyper Light Breaker’s Early Access phase, and has confirmed the next major content update is due this summer, and is the game’s biggest content update yet. “Expect to fight double the trouble, embark on quests and go where no Breaker has gone before in our next major content drop,” saysHeart Machine.
Our review of Hyper Light Breaker’s Early Access versionhas no score, but we did state, “Hyper Light Breaker, despite being in Early Access, has demonstrated its outstanding qualities in full force, with a tightly designed gameplay loop and extremely satisfying combat.”
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